CURRENT UPDATE (as of September 2022):

I am Anastasiia (call me simply Ana:), born and raised in Ukraine. I lived in Tanzania for around 9 years, and last 3 years I have been living between two countries and two continents - Ukraine and Tanzania (seasonally). My 7 year old daughter Nicole is half Ukrainian, half Tanzanian, and she has been born and mostly raised in Ukraine.

On the dark day of 24 February 2022, when the neighboring terrorist state so disgracefully invaded our peaceful country, entering from our region, Sumy, my daughter and I were at home in Ukraine. On 3 March we had to flee Ukraine and took a very risky trip to find ourselves in Moldova. We stayed in Moldova for about 2 weeks, then in Romania for 3 days, and finally on 20 March 2022 we found our safe haven in welcoming and beautiful country country, the Netherlands. in the city of Zwolle. We already changed 3 places of residence due to the housing crisis in the country, but now I was able to rent a small forest cabin in the suburbs of the town, which gives my daughter and I our own privacy for the next three months. What's next? I don't know. Maybe this time in the forest cabin will give me chance to find the next solution.
But from now till late November I can be a CS host again, yay! So if you are a traveller from any corner of the world with simple needs, if you enjoy staying around nature and if you can and want to bike (I can give you my bike) - you are warmly welcome to our forest cabin!

OLD STORY (nowadays Lufunyo and I are separated, Lufunyo still lives in Dodoma, Tanzania and sometimes he keeps on hosting counchsurfers, try to send a request and he will gladly meet you if possible ;)

Hello to all Couchsurfers over there! We are young international (Tanzanian/Ukrainian) family. We are welcoming, kind, honest and open-hearted. We enjoy active style of life and meeting new people from all corners of the world. We dream to travel more and more in future.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Trying to host everyone who'd like to visit us! In future, plan to travel more and meet other hosts in different locations.

Interests

Cycling. Rock climbing. Travelling. Dogs. Books. Foreign languages. Martial Arts. Swimming. Ocean. Mountains. Snow. Couchsurfing!

• dogs
• arts
• books
• cooking
• traveling
• martial arts
• swimming
• languages
• mountains
• snow
• ocean
• bicycle
• horseriding

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Action, Detective, Drama. Those which make you think. Those with an unpredictable end. And those which you want to watch more than once.
Music: Diverse: Rock. Trance. Jazz. Blues. Country. Acoustic. Reggie.
Books: Detectives. Stories with a fascinating plot. Stories which you live through with the characters.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Many, many. One of them, as cliche as it may sound, was joining Couchsurfing community :)

Teach, Learn, Share

We could teach you the basics of the languages we know; how to cook some of traditional Tanzanian and Ukrainian food; how to play bao (Tanzanian board game)...
We would like to learn some basics of your language and learn to cook some of your traditional food... and anything else you can share!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Basics of the languages we know. Cooking traditional Tanzanian or Ukrainian food. Help about the house. Sharing stories. Invitation to our countries. Friendship!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Georgia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Tanzania, Ukraine, United States, Zambia